Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Associate, Biostatistics, Yale University, 2008 - 2011
- Ph.D., Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004 - 2008
- B.S., Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2000 - 2004
Research Interests
- Data integration
- Variable selection
- Network analysis
- Statistical genetics
- GWAS, RNA-seq, metagenomics
Selected Publications [for a full list, see Google Scholar]
- Jiang, Y., He, Y., and Zhang, H. (2016), "Variable Selection with Prior Information for Generalized Linear Models via the Prior LASSO Method," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 111, 355-276. [link]
- Jiang, Y., Li, N., and Zhang, H. (2014), "Identifying genetic variants for addiction via propensity score adjusted generalized Kendall's tau," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 109, 905-930. [link]
- Zhu, W., Jiang, Y., and Zhang, H. (2012), "Nonparametric covariate-adjusted association tests based on the generalized Kendall's tau," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 107, 1-11. [link]
- Jiang, Y., and Zhang, H. (2011), "Propensity score-based nonparametric test revealing genetic variants underlying bipolar disorder," Genetic Epidemiology, 35, 125-132. [link]
- Zhang, C. M., Jiang, Y., and Chai, Y. (2010), "Penalized Bregman divergence for large dimensional regression and classification," Biometrika, 97, 551-566. [link]
Instructional and Departmental Activities
- ST 561 Theory of Statistics I
- ST 661 Advanced Theory of Statistics I
- ST 413/513 Methods of Data Analysis III
- ST 599 Statistical Methods for Genomics Research
- ST 422/522 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II
Professional Societies
- American Statistical Association (ASA), Member
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), Member
- International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA), Member
- International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), Member